Mental Health

Methodological problems and high risk for bias prevented a consistent estimate of the comparative performance of certain psychotherapeutic modalities for youth self-harm and suicidality, according to study results.

Nearly all 5-year-olds in a Finnish birth cohort study exceeded the WHO-recommended maximum daily screen time of 1 hour, putting their psychosocial well-being at risk, researchers wrote in BMJ Open.

Certain cognitive deficits in childhood were distinctively linked to different psychopathological symptoms among young people, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

ADHD appeared to be overdiagnosed among children and adolescents, according to results of a systematic scoping review published in JAMA Network Open.

Adolescents whose mothers had anxiety or depressive symptoms were at increased risk for conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms at age 17 years, according to study results published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Rates of prolonged length of stay for pediatric mental health ED visits significantly increased between 2005 and 2015 compared with non-mental health-related ED visits, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

Youth with persistent psychiatric disorders who were detained in a juvenile justice facility exhibited complications during the transition from adolescence to adulthood, according to study results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Younger age at first cannabis use or prescription drug misuse was linked to faster development of substance use disorders, according to study results in a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Many young teenagers, especially gender minority youth, know someone who has attempted suicide, according to a study, which found that youths’ exposure to suicidal behavior was related to higher levels of depressed mood.

A significant number of children with autism spectrum disorder did well by middle childhood in one or more key domains of developmental health, according to results of a longitudinal cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.